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Dancers lighting up cigarettes during opening credits

posted 10 years ago by corinnacarpenter
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Why on Earth would a professional dancer smoke cigarettes?

What would Sgt. Saunders do?

[–] indialm 10 years ago

To stay thin. That time period was all about using things like smoking, drinking,drugs, things most would never do today.

[–] QcLoser 10 years ago

Just a different era everyone was smoking back then ,NHl players were smoking in the locker rooms between periods, smoking in airplanes it was everywere

[–] MrScary 9 years ago

It was the 80's. People smoked all the time.

[–] ck1-5 8 years ago

Hell, look at Hollywood...can't eat meat, can't eat/drink dairy, but cocaine's all right.

[–] ericachristine 8 years ago

I did when I was 17 to 20 and in a professional jazz dance school. Things were different back then.

[–] nycruise-1 7 years ago

The majority of professional dancers I know/knew used to smoke. And like other posters have said: it was to stay thin.

"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"

[–] ericn2274 7 years ago

Why on earth would someone flirt while smoking a cigarette?